Also called: PCA Field Assessor, Building Due Diligence Consultant
Inspects apartment buildings, malls and offices before they are bought or financed, and estimates what repairs they will need.
You fly to Phoenix to inspect a 300-unit apartment complex for a bank in two days. You climb on roofs, check boilers and parking lots, and write a report that prices every repair over the next 12 years.
Estimated; lots of travel.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in construction, engineering or architecture.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture.
Growing about average. Follows commercial real estate sales and refinancing.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI drafts reports from photos and notes; walking sites and judging condition stay human.
Classes: Construction tech, English composition, Physics.
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